[X4U] how long to clone drive?

[Jeff Carruthers]

Alexandre: best to do it overnight. In my experience, you are looking  
at many hours, as opposed to one or two.

I like Carbon Copy Cloner, but I believe both are excellent for making  
clones.

Be sure to make the clone bootable.

Good luck.

Jeff
On May 11, 2010, at 2:52 PM, alexandre wrote:

> hi
>
> as a second back-up, i'd like to clone the 1TB drive (with almost 1  
> TB of data on it…) in my iMac on a nightly basis. using superduper  
> or carbon copy cloner, how long does it take to complete a clone  
> using a FW800 external drive?
>
> out of the 2, super duper or CCC, which is better, more flexible for  
> back-ups?
>
> thanks, alexandre
>
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